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[Q] Fresh install of Slimkat lags terribly, what can I do?

Third Android phone and also 3rd older phone I've upgraded to 4.x. I basically went from stock, rooted, switched to new BL and fixed internal storage all using the O2X AIO tool, and finally flashed Slimkat (this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2551925).
It was great for about 30 minutes but then started to slow down badly so I froze a bunch of packages I don't use and have frozen on other devices without issue (using performance control tools). Speed went back up. But 30 minutes later it's back in the crapper. We're talking 30 seconds from power button to lock screen showing up. Stock camera takes a good 2 minutes to be ready to take a picture. Just now I was trying to set something in GPS Test and literally the statusbar clock was at 11:00 until at least 11:03 before I was like ok battery pull.
Anyone have any suggestions? Did I miss a step? I've been through all the related posts and everyone seems to love Slimkat. I'm coming from phones even older than this so I'm used to slow but come on...
Really appreciate any advice! Thanks!
Edit: I should mention I have installed FB Messenger with some modified permissions, Gmail, Now Browser, Root Browser, and Touchpal keyboard... That's all.

Hi. You should try to change to dalvik. ART is terrible for our phone!

Dalvik is default in the latest build

leekohlbradley said:
Dalvik is default in the latest build
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I think that the memory is maybe running full, FB Messenger isn't always the best on memory usage/Battery usage and about the other apps I dont know, But There are apps which are resyncing, rerunning and which stay in background so it doesn't completely closes even if you do so.

Thanks for your reply! Actually afterward I switched OOM to aggressive (or something more aggressive, can't remember). Seems to be a lot better. I don't care about battery, I just want speeeeeeeed Oddly enough I still need to "double tap" the power button (!) to get it to wake. Weirdest thing.

If you're finding Slimkat at all slow then stop suffering and flash CM11 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2769730
So much better! I used the 7/16 M1 version. Brilliant so far. GPS (my no.1 need) is also very fast.

But the date of you post ...
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leekohlbradley said:
If you're finding Slimkat at all slow then stop suffering and flash CM11 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2769730
So much better! I used the 7/16 M1 version. Brilliant so far. GPS (my no.1 need) is also very fast.
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Sure ? Do u think that latest builds are fast ?

I haven't tried anything later than the June release by TonyP... There are other ppl putting out weeklies or something but honestly I'm looking for stable not bleeding edge
But the date of my post?

leekohlbradley said:
But the date of my post?
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When I red first time, it was wrong (some day in 2007); now is right.
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leekohlbradley said:
Third Android phone and also 3rd older phone I've upgraded to 4.x. I basically went from stock, rooted, switched to new BL and fixed internal storage all using the O2X AIO tool, and finally flashed Slimkat (this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2551925).
It was great for about 30 minutes but then started to slow down badly so I froze a bunch of packages I don't use and have frozen on other devices without issue (using performance control tools). Speed went back up. But 30 minutes later it's back in the crapper. We're talking 30 seconds from power button to lock screen showing up. Stock camera takes a good 2 minutes to be ready to take a picture. Just now I was trying to set something in GPS Test and literally the statusbar clock was at 11:00 until at least 11:03 before I was like ok battery pull.
Anyone have any suggestions? Did I miss a step? I've been through all the related posts and everyone seems to love Slimkat. I'm coming from phones even older than this so I'm used to slow but come on...
Really appreciate any advice! Thanks!
Edit: I should mention I have installed FB Messenger with some modified permissions, Gmail, Now Browser, Root Browser, and Touchpal keyboard... That's all.
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I had the same problem, so I had to uninstall it.:crying:

S5 marshmallow issues

Has anyone updated to marshmallow? I recently did and noticed several features I often used gone...first the power saving mode is changed and does not turn your screen grey anymore to save battery life. Also I often used power saving mode when I wanted to quickly charge my phone (this would charge the phone much faster than not having it on)and this feature is also gone bc the phone will not allow you to use power save and [email protected] time! Another feature gone is being able to quickly preview a text in the notifications bar without going to the text.However the greatest issue is that all my music and video files have to be opened individually instead of being in a large list...Also I cannot use the app but have to go thru the sd card folder topopen each file one by one I'm using the stock Samsung video player and music player...is there a way to fix this it has to be an issue with marshmallow bc I've tried 4 different sd cards and it worked fine before the update to mm..? .if anyone can help please lmk

Pivo187 said:
Has anyone updated to marshmallow? I recently did and noticed several features I often used gone...first the power saving mode is changed and does not turn your screen grey anymore to save battery life. Also I often used power saving mode when I wanted to quickly charge my phone (this would charge the phone much faster than not having it on)and this feature is also gone bc the phone will not allow you to use power save and [email protected] time! Another feature gone is being able to quickly preview a text in the notifications bar without going to the text.However the greatest issue is that all my music and video files have to be opened individually instead of being in a large list...Also I cannot use the app but have to go thru the sd card folder topopen each file one by one I'm using the stock Samsung video player and music player...is there a way to fix this? .if anyone can help please lmk
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MM is one of the best update which s5 received.
Yes greyscale power saving mode is gone
Stock Video player & music player is working fine on my device
Try clearing cache and data for both app
And try if it works out for you

I have greyscale power saving mode on mm.
Tapatalk S5

okti : how do u have it? Whenever I do power saving mode it stays in color plus you can no longer charge while in power saving mode...This helped me charge my phone super fast compared to color mode...
yash92duster: Clearing the cache and data did nothing...I still cannot access my music or videos that are on my SD card through the stock samsung music/video player...The only damn music/video files I can access are the ones that are on the phones storage but not the SD card!!!? Can someone help as to why this is happening?

Pivo187 said:
okti : how do u have it? Whenever I do power saving mode it stays in color plus you can no longer charge while in power saving mode...This helped me charge my phone super fast compared to color mode...
yash92duster: Clearing the cache and data did nothing...I still cannot access my music or videos that are on my SD card through the stock samsung music/video player...The only damn music/video files I can access are the ones that are on the phones storage but not the SD card!!!? Can someone help as to why this is happening?
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There is no greyscale option in mm,Sammy had completely removed that feature
I can access my videos n music which are stored in SD card
Which country's rom are using?
Did you clean install os?

the ultrapower saving mode is not gone i have just updated my G901F and still there the grayscale is still on my device

snnake2005 said:
the ultrapower saving mode is not gone i have just updated my G901F and still there the grayscale is still on my device
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Not on MM 6.0.1 it's gone 100%
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Greyscale
Go to developer options , click simulate color space and select Monochromacy. It will give you the grey scale you looking for. But not sure how much power saving that will give.

I dont know about you but for me it`s worst. I`m on official software(dbt-germany G900FXXU1CPEM), updated via ota system update. It looks the same as 5.0 but it says it`s 6.0.1. .I get ~1-1.5 hours of screen time (on 5.0 i had ~3 hours). If i use the phone for more than 3 minutes it gets hot, never happend on 5.0. Except for the new animations and icons it`s nothing new for me. Even the notifications panel looks like old 5.0(with green icons not white like in 6.0.1.). Also battery is charging a little slower, it took 1.5 hours to get from 30% to 100%.

Olynth said:
I dont know about you but for me it`s worst. I`m on official software(dbt-germany G900FXXU1CPEM), updated via ota system update. It looks the same as 5.0 but it says it`s 6.0.1. .I get ~1-1.5 hours of screen time (on 5.0 i had ~3 hours). If i use the phone for more than 3 minutes it gets hot, never happend on 5.0. Except for the new animations and icons it`s nothing new for me. Even the notifications panel looks like old 5.0(with green icons not white like in 6.0.1.). Also battery is charging a little slower, it took 1.5 hours to get from 30% to 100%.
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There are many S7 edge ported roms for S5 G900F
try them
It makes the device better than stock

My biggest issue is the Battery Life. It is fluid-smooth esp. with games, but at the expense of sucking every bit of battery. Tried a lot of Marshmallow Firmwares from many regions but all have this issue with the battery life. I hope Samsung fix this.

yash92duster said:
There are many S7 edge ported roms for S5 G900F
try them
It makes the device better than stock
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Olynth said:
I dont know about you but for me it`s worst. I`m on official software(dbt-germany G900FXXU1CPEM), updated via ota system update. It looks the same as 5.0 but it says it`s 6.0.1. .I get ~1-1.5 hours of screen time (on 5.0 i had ~3 hours). If i use the phone for more than 3 minutes it gets hot, never happend on 5.0. Except for the new animations and icons it`s nothing new for me. Even the notifications panel looks like old 5.0(with green icons not white like in 6.0.1.). Also battery is charging a little slower, it took 1.5 hours to get from 30% to 100%.
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Don't know if this will be any help, but personally speaking I DO NOT update by way of OTA's. I had a bad experience with my S2 Skyrocket (that I still have) and ever since I flash stock firmware thru Odin, but only after I install a custom recovery and do a data, cache and system format. I presently use a G900M (Latin America.) I just updated to MM from KK about 4 days ago, CWM recovery installed, rooted, debloated, Xposed installed, and I must say my device is running quite fine.

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Don't know if this will be any help, but personally speaking I DO NOT update by way of OTA's. I had a bad experience with my S2 Skyrocket (that I still have) and ever since I flash stock firmware thru Odin, but only after I install a custom recovery and do a data, cache and system format. I presently use a G900M (Latin America.) I just updated to MM from KK about 4 days ago, CWM recovery installed, rooted, debloated, Xposed installed, and I must say my device is running quite fine.
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good

Your experience on Open Beta for OOS (Nougat)

Hi,
For the users on the open beta for nougat on the OP3 , I would like to know how is your experience? What's new on the build? It's is stable ? What do you're like or don't like on this preview of the 7.0 update.
Thanks in advance.

better than stock rom
i'm using this rom and everything is better in this rom compared to stock especially the battery life

I'm really enjoying it more than cm 14.1 cause of its little issue that aren't present on OB8

sometimes the lights on the buttons turn on until I touch the screen. Weird, don't know if anyone else has this bug

i didn't like the beta... i was missing all the customization of resurrection remix and i hated the system apps design (especially the the status bar that is not darker, but the exact same color as the action bar of system apps, which is too iphone-ish for me). but it does run smooth, battery life is in fact excellent , so objectively nothing wrong with it, just not my taste

Yes, the battery life is much better.

Poor battery life
Everybody saying about a good battery life, but here I experienced massive battery drain over previous RR rom. last day phone had a 6% drain/hour in idle state. I had to install "Nap_Time" to get idle state stable. Maybe it's an app bugging the wakelocks. Maybe because it's still a beta. Bugs are expected. Other than that occasional hiccups are presence. Overally smooth rom. Excellent low light camera experience. even better than 3.2.8 build

have been on OOS 8 beta for almost a week now... very impressed
excellent battery life.. havent encountered any issues or bugs.. runs as good as Marshmallow if not better

egyptshun said:
sometimes the lights on the buttons turn on until I touch the screen. Weird, don't know if anyone else has this bug
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Yeah, while watching a YT video or a film it's annoying.

My internal memory became only 49 GB after installing Open Beta for OOS (Nougat).i had clean installed it.I also wiped the internal storage in stock recovery.

I found call quality on ob8 were worse.

paradise220 said:
My internal memory became only 49 GB after installing Open Beta for OOS (Nougat).i had clean installed it.I also wiped the internal storage in stock recovery.
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Not normal. Mine in f2fs is 53,2GB

egyptshun said:
sometimes the lights on the buttons turn on until I touch the screen. Weird, don't know if anyone else has this bug
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Yeap same here its annoying
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Bluetooth has some issues

It's kinda unresponsive.. finger print scanner is slower now..
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Hi guys, i was trying to edit build.prop but while using different root browsers am not able to see system partition or reach root directory. Is there way to access root directory. I am on OOS beta 8 and rooted with SR 5 . Do i have to mount system partion in recovery then reboot then only it will be visible .

prateek2905chandra said:
Hi guys, i was trying to edit build.prop but while using different root browsers am not able to see system partition or reach root directory. Is there way to access root directory. I am on OOS beta 8 and rooted with SR 5 . Do i have to mount system partion in recovery then reboot then only it will be visible .
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No problems with Root Explorer here.

No Android pay for me, and my boot loader still seems locked. Not sure what to do about it other than wait for the stable version.

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I am one of the few it seems that had battery life tank after the OB8 was installed cleanly. I used to have around 75% left after a full workday on wifi and now I have 50% at best. I also miss the screenshot full page feature. I used it a lot.

[15th November] New update!

A new update of around 88 mb is now available for all of us. Now keeping its size in mind, we might underestimate it. But it brings amazing new things!
After a long wait, EIS is now available in the camera and so is Live Wallpaper support. They have also fixed the FM radio battery drain. A small yet wonderful update. Install n enjoy!
P.S. Big things come in small packages.

Thanks Asus for frequent updates....
Waiting for Android Pie for Zenfone Maz Pro M1

Any battery drain issue for anyone who have installed this update?

Battery Drain Issue Solved ??
veezybaybee said:
A new update of around 88 mb is now available for all of us. Now keeping its size in mind, we might underestimate it. But it brings amazing new things!
After a long wait, EIS is now available in the camera and so is Live Wallpaper support. They have also fixed the FM radio battery drain. A small yet wonderful update. Install n enjoy!
P.S. Big things come in small packages.
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after the Nov 12 Update, I am having huge Battery Drain Issue.
last night when I went to sleep, my phone had 13% battery with Every App Closed & Battery Saver Turned on. no Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, not even Data Usage.
after 6 hrs when I woke up, it was completely Dead.

arkadas1992 said:
after the Nov 12 Update, I am having huge Battery Drain Issue.
last night when I went to sleep, my phone had 13% battery with Every App Closed & Battery Saver Turned on. no Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, not even Data Usage.
after 6 hrs when I woke up, it was completely Dead.
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check google app is active or not if active disable it , in app settings ,

Wow in this 337 update we got nice home button animation looks like pixel phones. Is there anyone found new settings related to it ?
Now i think we will get Android Pie in December.

veezybaybee said:
A new update of around 88 mb is now available for all of us. Now keeping its size in mind, we might underestimate it. But it brings amazing new things!
After a long wait, EIS is now available in the camera and so is Live Wallpaper support. They have also fixed the FM radio battery drain. A small yet wonderful update. Install n enjoy!
P.S. Big things come in small packages.
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But still front cam beautification bug in stock cam is not fixed

Mitul Varmora said:
Wow in this 337 update we got nice home button animation looks like pixel phones. Is there anyone found new settings related to it ?
Now i think we will get Android Pie in December.
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Yeah, the home button is wonderful now. Upon long pressing, Google Assistant pops up faster than ever too. Lets wait for Pie now! Great things await us for sure.

Srihari315 said:
But still front cam beautification bug in stock cam is not fixed
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I never noticed such a bug before. Sad to know! Reset the data n cache of your Camera app and see again. Hope it will fix your issue!

arkadas1992 said:
after the Nov 12 Update, I am having huge Battery Drain Issue.
last night when I went to sleep, my phone had 13% battery with Every App Closed & Battery Saver Turned on. no Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, not even Data Usage.
after 6 hrs when I woke up, it was completely Dead.
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For me, the battery drain has improved a lot since Nov 12th. FM radio was one of the biggest culprits so far for such idle drains. Force stop the FM radio app and uncheck the "background activity" for it and see the difference after a restart. Good luck!

Debanka said:
Any battery drain issue for anyone who have installed this update?
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Nope, not at all. Infact, its much better than October updates!

Video calling has been totally removed after today's update...nd battery is heavily draining...

veezybaybee said:
A new update of around 88 mb is now available for all of us. Now keeping its size in mind, we might underestimate it. But it brings amazing new things!
After a long wait, EIS is now available in the camera and so is Live Wallpaper support. They have also fixed the FM radio battery drain. A small yet wonderful update. Install n enjoy!
P.S. Big things come in small packages.
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But focus hunting issues are there while taking videos...

veezybaybee said:
A new update of around 88 mb is now available for all of us. Now keeping its size in mind, we might underestimate it. But it brings amazing new things!
After a long wait, EIS is now available in the camera and so is Live Wallpaper support. They have also fixed the FM radio battery drain. A small yet wonderful update. Install n enjoy!
P.S. Big things come in small packages.
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I am facing battery drain issue since the oct 12 update ..
Battery is draining very fast .. is this issue fixed in this update

It is only me or not that want zenui launcher can compatible with this max pro m1 in next update?

Initial experience of this update is just awesome
My pixel3 live wallpaper link--
https://www.xda-developers.com/download-google-pixel-3-live-wallpapers-port/

Is this the 4GB RAM version? 6GB RAM version already received the update IIRC.

4 gb
MishaalRahman said:
Is this the 4GB RAM version? 6GB RAM version already received the update IIRC.
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I have the 4gb version and i have received it already.

lonewolf ! said:
Video calling has been totally removed after today's update...nd battery is heavily draining...
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Correct man,native Video calling from dialler is completely gone.
VOLTE switch toggling option from settings to get temp video call access is not working any more..
Any one have any fix? please help.

After November update got EIS and also one click two pic in selfie,. Please solve the problem of battery drain issue.please

Note 3 vs Note 4 for modding and in general

Hi all.
Have been modding and playing around with Note 4 and the emmc fault is a bi*ch. If it works, you never know when the damn thing will stop functioning. And the phone itself is always a bit buggy with custom roms. I noticed that several people here compare it to Note 3 and mean that Note 3 overall has certain advantages, easier to modd, less buggy, and of course, is not plagued with emmc fault. Don't get me wrong, i have several units and i really like the damn thing.
So i would like to ask all you who actually HAVE experience of both, write here a line or two, and compare those two. Which one is actually more thankfull for modding? N4 being of course newer, but does it make that big of a dirfference?

Hi, i don't have an note 3, i have and use a note 4, very happy with the phone running android 6.01 heavy customized and with the best kernel (ram Kernel v8.1 never had any issues with emmc or any other for that matter, it runs very smooth with no problems, battery last for a week, standby 0.4% per hour.

Ok. Difficult to make comparison then since you have no experience with Note 3, but thanx anyway.
Sounds good tho. May I ask then how your setup looks like, since having a battery last for a week is really an achievment?

System:
I Installed stock PHN DRI2 Build with ram Kernel v8.1 removed a lot of user apps that i don't need and also a lot of system apps that drain your battery, i use magisk for root and have two modules in use GPU Turbo Boost (not sure if this does anything but i leave it anyway installed) and Swap Torpedo (no swap file that saves battery) i use for tweaks the L Speed app and some build.prop tweaks most of them are from goldeneye rom.
Apps:
I use Ungoogled Chromium, this browser is memory and battery friendly as it does not call home all the time and i don't use social media apps as they are all battery hogs, i have about 50 apps installed and i use afwall for firewall and as email i use exchange push email with stock email client.
I tried almost every rom available for the note 4 910F but all suck in battery or the pen is not working, with a lot of trial and error in debloating the rom i stick with the one i have now, i am running it for 3 years and i am a happy camper. I love this phone with the pen the screen size and the exchangeable battery, it runs for a week with one charge 7 days with 3 hours and 43 minutes screen on, the onscreen time (backlight slider at 1/3 and dark color wallpaper) is about 7 hours in one go and it uses 0.4 battery per hour in standby (measured with GSam Battery Monitor since 1 year). I had newer phone they are all made of glass, no battery exchange and no earphone connector. Long story short, great phone . If you like to have the build.prop tweaks i can give them to you. The L speed app you can download from XDA https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/l-speed.6156/ .
Cheers

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System:
I Installed stock PHN DRI2 Build with ram Kernel v8.1 removed a lot of user apps that i don't need and also a lot of system apps that drain your battery, i use magisk for root and have two modules in use GPU Turbo Boost (not sure if this does anything but i leave it anyway installed) and Swap Torpedo (no swap file that saves battery) i use for tweaks the L Speed app and some build.prop tweaks most of them are from goldeneye rom.
Apps:
I use Ungoogled Chromium, this browser is memory and battery friendly as it does not call home all the time and i don't use social media apps as they are all battery hogs, i have about 50 apps installed and i use afwall for firewall and as email i use exchange push email with stock email client.
I tried almost every rom available for the note 4 910F but all suck in battery or the pen is not working, with a lot of trial and error in debloating the rom i stick with the one i have now, i am running it for 3 years and i am a happy camper. I love this phone with the pen the screen size and the exchangeable battery, it runs for a week with one charge 7 days with 3 hours and 43 minutes screen on, the onscreen time (backlight slider at 1/3 and dark color wallpaper) is about 7 hours in one go and it uses 0.4 battery per hour in standby (measured with GSam Battery Monitor since 1 year). I had newer phone they are all made of glass, no battery exchange and no earphone connector. Long story short, great phone . If you like to have the build.prop tweaks i can give them to you. The L speed app you can download from XDA https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/l-speed.6156/ .
Cheers
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Thank you very much for the offer, but build props are way over my experience level, i think.
Btw, love the phone for the same reason as you do.
Besides, i am quite happy customer also, running @AnonVendetta s version of really bareboned stock 6.01. No Google, microG instead. No root. Not many apps. I probably could get a week out of a battery also with light use that i usually do. But i use Signal, and i just yesterday discovered that the damn thing just chugs battery like mad if you don't have Play Service installed. So with it installed i get at best a days use, with very light using of the phone.

I am currently rocking a Note 3 on Sprint and running Android 10 (Superior OS) and works great. All the convencience of Android with my removable battery and IR blaster (yes I use it for multiple TV's in multiple buildings I control). I use the S-Pen on Squid to take notes and jot down info and even mark up pictures so don't need Air Command. I sync with my FitBit Versa and run multiple smart home devices from the phone (including my whole home entertainment with the PEEL app).
The only 'complaint' I have is the bluetooth. There was a major problem past Android 7 of geting the thing to work. It does now. Voice and music work good. But occassionally it will just drop the device it connects to. I will re esablsih about 10 seconds later but still, that loses the lock on my Jeep radio and therefore keeps allowing the screen to lock. This is a minor annoyance but does need to be mentioned.
I JUST bought a Note 4 so thinking of loading LOS 17 on it and see how it goes. However I see most people here just kept stock Marshmellow. I dunno aobut that... isnt the UI buggy and limiting?
I look forward to any advice I can get!

Hi Dave,
I also use the IR remote for all my home appliance (dvbviewer TV on my pc, living room and bedroom tv and Bose audio system, i use the ir plus app great remote control app and it still gets updates, about the roms available for the note 4 i have the snapdragon version and i have tried all roms but i stay on stock 6.01 the MM version is not buggy at all, it never have problems, hangs crashes or reboots, i use the stock launcher smooth and fast, the UI interface is not important, the apps i use are all in dark mode, for me it's important i can use it the way i like it and it does. NOTE 4 still rocks like a champ with all the advantage it has. If this one breaks i will look for a other note 4, no newer phone for me. I dont know what version you have but try some rome you will see you will go back to 6.01 mm, its rock solid and battery friendly. Bluetooth on the note 4 sucks for battery use but does not crash or breaks anything, i have a gear fit2 pro but i dont connect it with the phone all the time just to sync .
Cheers

Unidave199 said:
I am currently rocking a Note 3 on Sprint and running Android 10 (Superior OS) and works great. All the convencience of Android with my removable battery and IR blaster (yes I use it for multiple TV's in multiple buildings I control). I use the S-Pen on Squid to take notes and jot down info and even mark up pictures so don't need Air Command. I sync with my FitBit Versa and run multiple smart home devices from the phone (including my whole home entertainment with the PEEL app).
The only 'complaint' I have is the bluetooth. There was a major problem past Android 7 of geting the thing to work. It does now. Voice and music work good. But occassionally it will just drop the device it connects to. I will re esablsih about 10 seconds later but still, that loses the lock on my Jeep radio and therefore keeps allowing the screen to lock. This is a minor annoyance but does need to be mentioned.
I JUST bought a Note 4 so thinking of loading LOS 17 on it and see how it goes. However I see most people here just kept stock Marshmellow. I dunno aobut that... isnt the UI buggy and limiting?
I look forward to any advice I can get!
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For me LOS17 was a no go because of the SIM issue and lack of encryption. I saw other having other issues. If i were you and needed something newer than marshmallow, then i would try LOS16. I found that one to be very stable, no issues so far for my use. Will perhaps migrate to that one with my daily driver in a while, when stock starts failing.
As for stock 6.0.1, not sure where you heard it was buggy?! I read that marshmallow was if not the least buggy Android OS ever and that is also my experience, at least on Note 4. I totally agree with @Qosmio-. It is the most rock solid rom i have ever had on a device. NEVER had any bugs, issues or anything. Battery friendly. I find launcher smooth, and run UI in 'easy mode', which i find the most appealing, colorwise and all. The perfect OS basically, if there ever was one. I have heard people starting to find apps that are no longer supported, but all apps that are important to me still work.
but wait - you use PEEL app as remote?
Wasn't that completely hidious advertisment-prone bloatware that was utterly unpleasant to use?

prkfsz said:
but wait - you use PEEL app as remote?
Wasn't that completely hidious advertisment-prone bloatware that was utterly unpleasant to use?
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I only meant 'buggy' as outdated and unable to use the full Google Assistant features etc... Thats why I moved to newer ROMS Not as smooth and primitive features. I should try myself before I speak the negative about it!
So let's talk about PEEL.
The magic is to use this with Titanium Backup. I must say, PEEL can be set up to use and manage "scenarios" (Home, Work, Friend's House etc). If you set it up..
1.go in and click to NOT auto detect WiFi connections
2.disable advertising and lock screen and persistant notifications for 30 days.
3. Set up a Custom Remote Scenario
4. Create a Widget for the App to default on Custom Remote
3. Do a TB of the app!
I have found, on the newer ROM's it stays Ad Free.. but if it gets weird to annoying just do a TB restore "data only" and then you are golden!
Ive tried lots of other 3rd party apps but I keep going back to PEEL. It stays ad free and as a remote (not as a channel guide) it works exremely well, is desined well and functions well.
Hit me up if you want more specifics! Maybe I should start a 'how to' thread..
Dave

Qosmio- said:
i stay on stock 6.01 the MM version is not buggy at all, it never have problems
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Arent you worried about Security Updates?

Unidave199 said:
Arent you worried about Security Updates?
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No not at all, i protect my use of internet at home and phone ( i am system engineer for 35 years so i know what i can and can't do), if you look what still need to be patched for android Exploits vulnerability-list , every new or old version of android user is @ risk. When connected with my phone to internet via my provider it will change the phones ip address every 15 minutes, i use a firewall (afwall) on my phone and disabled ipv6, i am connected to my home with openvpn to pfsense firewall for internet access and i use my own MS exchange mail server and dns server resolver with ad and privacy telemetry filter with pfblocker. There are things you don't do with old version of android and that is visite websites that are shady, porn websites and browse without a strong ad blocker or privacy filter.

Qosmio- said:
System:
I Installed stock PHN DRI2 Build with ram Kernel v8.1
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So I did it! I made the jump. I am using the Q15 Plus Tidbits VB3 Rom. And udated firmware. Do you have a link to the ROM you are using?

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So I did it! I made the jump. I am using the Q15 Plus Tidbits VB3 Rom. And udated firmware. Do you have a link to the ROM you are using?
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Wel since 2 weeks some government (tax/digi id ect) apps we use in nl does not support android 6 anymore and i use them often so i had to jump to android 10 and using this rom Crdroid
If you like to try don't download from first page but from here Mega
I use it for a week now (with some tweaks) and this is the only android 10 rom that works and looks great, battery is not as good as with android 6 but i have to accept that, i am not ready yet to dump the note 4.
Cheers

Qosmio- said:
Wel since 2 weeks some government (tax/digi id ect) apps we use in nl does not support android 6 anymore and i use them often so i had to jump to android 10 and using this rom Crdroid
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I had tried using some Liniage Versions but on the Sprint Variant they woulnt make phone calls or text so I had to ditch them. I am downloading now so will give it a flash and see! Thank you for the heads up!
Dave
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Ok.. loaded up the Crdroid ROM. Working well, but with my SM 910P I am having bluetooth problems keeping sync with my Fitbit, Lack of LTE (but works on 3G) and a few other bugs but am managing. What carrier are you with? I would appreciate any tweeks you have found to help out.
Dave

Unidave199 said:
I had tried using some Liniage Versions but on the Sprint Variant they woulnt make phone calls or text so I had to ditch them. I am downloading now so will give it a flash and see! Thank you for the heads up!
Dave
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Ok.. loaded up the Crdroid ROM. Working well, but with my SM 910P I am having bluetooth problems keeping sync with my Fitbit, Lack of LTE (but works on 3G) and a few other bugs but am managing. What carrier are you with? I would appreciate any tweeks you have found to help out.
Dave
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Hi Dave,
Sorry for the late reply, i just read your post in the cdroid section, i am with simpel carrier i dont have any problems using LTE and have no problem with sms (i dont use mms) , the only tweaks is with the L speed app and kernel auditor to lower the idle frequentie of the GPU and set it to 166 instead of 240 to save battery. My gear fit2 pro on bluetooth works fine to so i am a happy camper. What you could try is other modems from other stock roms if you did not try that already maybe that helps with you LTE problem.
Cheers

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Hi Dave,
Sorry for the late reply, i just read your post in the cdroid section, i am with simpel carrier i dont have any problems using LTE and have no problem with sms (i dont use mms) , the only tweaks is with the L speed app and kernel auditor to lower the idle frequentie of the GPU and set it to 166 instead of 240 to save battery. My gear fit2 pro on bluetooth works fine to so i am a happy camper. What you could try is other modems from other stock roms if you did not try that already maybe that helps with you LTE problem.
Cheers
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Sorry for all the bouncing around in the forums. Trying to play Note 4 catchup...
Well that is an interesting thought. As a CDMA carrier customer (Sprint) I feel I am locked into my own island.
Can I just do a stock modem restore in TWRP onto my CRDroid ROM ? I am not at all sure why my Bluetooth is having such a problem with my Versa 2.. Maybe it is the versa problem?
Anyways, I can see a bit where the Note 4 gets laggy with camera use and running a few other commands at once. I know this is older but my Note 3 did not seem to hesatate this much. I like the idea of considering lowering my GPU.
Let me know if you have any other thoughts?
Dave

Np Dave there is so much information to take in that i can't blame you when bouncing aroubnd in the forum , You can and must make a backup with twrp of your modem in use and then fiddle around with different versions, its very easy to rip modems with 7zip from different original roms and zip (7zip) them to flash it with twrp. As for bluetooth it can be a pain in the ass with custom roms especially with asop roms, do some searches in the forum maybe someone has the same issue as you have.
Cheers

Qosmio- said:
. As for bluetooth it can be a pain in the ass with custom roms especially with asop roms, do some searches in the forum maybe someone has the same issue as you have.
Cheers
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I found a forum that says to go into the application and wipe data and cache and then I went into TWRP and wiped ART/Cache. That seems to help with the 'Bluetooth Keeps Stopping" error. I have tried to load several other ROM's but they wont install due to Error 7 codes. I supsect becuase I updated to the Q15 version and these older ROMS arent being updated. So I will keep trying to nurse the CrDroid 10 version and see if it can be improved..

I'm not an expert but for me.. note 3 is more stabLe than note 4 when it comes to custom rom. Easier to mod, and Less buggy. ( thanks to aLL deveLopers at kay Lodi @jprimero15 )
TiLL now stiLL Looking for a rom that can fit note 4 for daiLy usage.
Thanks

I am using Emotion Kernel, and Xposed. I will just to Android 12 at the moment it will be available.
I never used the Note 3, but i wonder is it faster than the Note 4 in daily usage. The Note 4 Snapdragon CPU is a frying pan and it can strongly reduce its performance when it gets hot.
My phone will in consequence randomly reboot, but i have a simple script that detects overheating and lower the CPU freq (works good)
Is the Note 3 quick and doesn't overheat when browsing internet?